Women in Congress
Access: Publicly available resource
Description: Contains biographical profiles of former women Members of Congress. The site includes links to information about current women Members, essays on the institutional and national events that shaped successive generations of Congresswomen, and images of each woman Member, including rare photos.
Produced by The Office of History and Preservation of the U.S. House of Representative.
Also try the interactive timeline of House history , tracing more than two centuries of institutional milestones.
Coverage: Various Dates
Subject(s):
Gender, Minority Studies & Anthropology
Publicly Available Resources
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Related Links
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
Black Americans in Congress ** http://baic.house.gov/ **
National Archives Access to Archival Databases (U.S.) ** http://www.archives.gov/aad/ **
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Other Related Links:
American Memory Women's History Collections (Library of Congress)
